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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lambeth 1915

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915

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II— SANITARY WORK.
(Dealing with the sanitary circumstances and.-administration of the
Borough of Lambeth.)
Return shewing the Number of Notices served in the Borough
of Lambeth, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1915.
Number of Notices served 12,752

Table: .4. COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES1 (Public Health (London) Act.)

.4. COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES1 (Public Health (London) Act.)

No. of Notices served3774
No. of Infected Houses3062
Scarlet Fever757
Typhoid25
Diphtheria354
Membranous Croup4
Puerperal Fever26
Erysipelas173
Cerebro-Spinal Fever40
Acute Polio-Myelitis4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum73
Whooping Cough1177
†Chicken-Pox429

Table: B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS. (Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management Acts.)

B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS. (Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management Acts.)

No. of Notices served8978
Works, Structural—
Drainage Defective976
Intercepting Traps with Fresh Inlets required111
Ventilating Pipes required198
Indoor Sinks connected with Drain201
Rain Water Stacks connected with Drain476
Bath Waste connected with Drain196
Traps Defective, or of Obsolete Pattern674
Closet Pan and Connections Defective781
Water Supply to Closet Defective849
Closet Dilapidated559
Draw-off Main for Drinking Purposes required301
Dust Bins Defective902
Premises Dilapidated876
Ventilation under Floors required297
Roofs Dilapidated860
Soil Pipes Defective97

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* Excluding tuberculosis,
† Compulsorily notifiable from March 17th to June 30th, 1915,